Wednesday, May 28, 2008

The Big Appointment...

Was something of a disappointment. I knew better than to get my hopes up, but I was thinking this would be the opportunity for me to ask the doctor lots of questions, and decide if I'm sticking with this office or not. Dr. M did give me some info that made me lean toward staying with them (mainly that they do not actually deliver in Reston at all), and I'll have the real appointment at the end of June. The receptionist said that appointment takes a while. In the meantime, they confirmed the pregnancy, asked me strange questions (I know about the cat thing...the Jewish thing?), took a whole mess of my blood, gave me a large bag of prenatal vitamins, and sent me on my way. I appreciate the vitamins, though. The ones I've been taking are not doing me any favors, so I stopped taking them. Which wasn't doing the baby any favors.
The doctor also asked which prenatal screenings I was interested in...I'm considering the ultrascreen. That's the one where they take more blood and do a sonogram to check the levels of fluid around the baby's neck. I'm interested to hear from new moms/moms to be if they had that test done, and if so, how they felt about it. I have to decide fairly soon in order to make the appointment.
To try and break the morning sickness I've been having, I stopped by the healthfood store tonight. Yikes. There was a lot of stuff in there I would totally buy, like organic fresh ground peanut butter (!) but there was way more weirdo stuff. Either way, I found real live ginger ale brewed with real ginger, ginger chews, and B6 vitamins. Hopefully, they will help. I can't complain too loudly, because the morning sickness hasn't been that bad. Just a little bit of nausea until I get something in my stomach. My eating habits have totally changed too, and not for the better. I am finding that fruits and veggies are not top on the list. Unfortunately, ramen, mac and cheese and grilled cheese sandwiches are. I'm sure it will get better. And if not, I'll just be a balloon.

Monday, May 26, 2008

An Introduction

Shawn came up with the crazy idea for me to blog about all of the ridiculousness that is happening, and will continue to happen for the next eight months. I was slightly shocked, considering neither one of us is really all that tech savvy. We have a really tough time with a universal remote. However, with family spread across the country, and me being about as useful lately as nipples on men, this seemed like something I could do. I plan to post every few days, try to put up pictures of my growing belly, the baby's room, other things people might find interesting (like what, I don't know). If nothing else, this gives me an outlet other than my poor husband. I think he may be growing tired of hearing about the myriad ways this baby is wreaking havoc on my eating habits. Essentially, I'm a big copycat, and Erin does such a good job on her blog (which is about all areas of her life), that I thought maybe I could try it too.
In other news, the first appointment is tomorrow. Very exciting. Slightly nerve racking. More about that after the fact.